Elder Robbie Bigelow's Mission: Week Nine - Thursday P-day, Elder Perkins came to visit, and I am a trainer now!!!

This week has been good. A lot of work. My body is so exhausted from not having a P-day for like two weeks. Every day feels like it has been a week. I swear. Tell grandma thanks for her capes and letters. Her letters go to the office. And the zone leaders bring them to me. And they are always like. "Baby Bigs. How do you always get so much mail." It's kinda funny. But I love it.

It was kinda bitter sweet to say goodby to Elder Richards. Elder Timothy is my new companion. I am training him. It is pretty stressful sometimes. But he is good and likes to work which is good. We work hard every day and I am always ready for bed. But it's a good feeling. And he likes to talk to people so it is awesome! We have placed a couple copies of the Book of Mormon already and it is nice. But it is hard. Because I don't know everything yet and so I am like ummm .... What next. But it's alright. I am working through it. I was reading my patriarchal blessing the other day. And it was talking about my mission. And it says "it will be important that you will be patient with your companion and those that you serve with" so I am like oh dang. Should have seen this coming. But it is good. This new calling is really pushing me.

Thanks for all the packages. They bring back a little bit of home. I love it. I am not going to lie, it is hard out here and I really miss you but when I get a little package or something it brings a little bit of home out here and I love it. Thanks for those sweaters. They are perfect. It got freezing like two weeks ago when we went to White House gardens and then it was like sunny and 75 yesterday. It's weird. I have already used my blue north face jacket. And now I am like wow I am sweating. It's kinda funny. But hey, Mother Nature is always funny and likes to play tricks on the missionaries. And I love how there are always those sees treats. The will always have a special spot in my heart.

Time here is starting to pick up. I can't believe that I am already one transfer into this. But I think it's because it is no longer like a vacation out here. It is my home. And so I am getting used to it. I know the area pretty well and can actually direct myself home and stuff. I know the ward here pretty well. They kinda are like my family. Every Tuesday we go to dinner at the Crams. If you come out to pick me up. We are headed to the Crams! They are like the Grandma Donna and Grandpa Bruce. And she is a dang good cook when she doesn't get Chick-fila. And there are two little kids that are so cute and kinda like little cousins. One of them only responds to Batman. It is so funny.

Our investigator Dave is progressing. We are hoping to put him on date for the 14th. That is pretty great. I am excited for him. I don't know if it will happen this week. But maybe next week. And he will be baptized on the 21. But I am excited for that. That will be great.

Elder Timothy is from West Jordan. And he is cool. He loves basketball. We have a mini hoop in our apartment. And we always play pig. It is funny. Yesterday during lunch we played. And I beat him in pig and he was like. "Honestly I am better at horse." So I beat him at horse. And he is like, "But I am the best at monkey." So I beat him at that. We might play anaconda today. But we will see. He is pretty funny. He is always joking around. I can't believe anything he says because it is often a joke. But it is nice to have someone with my same humor.

Elder Anthony Perkins from the Seventies came on Tuesday. It was awesome. But it was spiritually exhausting. I was pretty tired after he talked to us, but he taught us a lot about how to teach better and it was awesome. I love it. We used some of his tips in a lesson with Dave and it was awesome. It totally worked. It was probably our best lesson. And it was just a reading the scriptures and it was sweet. He is awesome.

Oh, funny story. This just shows some of the crazy people out here. So we are in church. And this middle eastern man walks in and says, "I am sent here by Jesus Christ and I have a message for everyone." So I just about poop my pants and am like what is going on. He tells me to go up and talk to our minister and tell him. So I walk up. Thank goodness it was testimony meeting so I didn't look like a nut. But it's an even better thing that he didn't know that it was testimony meeting or he might have walked up. So I ask the bishop what I should do. We decide that we should just tell him the meeting is almost over and the bishop will talk to him after. So I am like ok good. This will be ok. And so I walk back down and sit by him. And the meeting ends and everyone stands and he flips and says, "Where are they all going." You have to remember his Indian accent while he is speaking. "Where are they all going." And I am like don't worry they will come back. Anyways we got it figured out and he told me and the bishop what happened. And it was a crazy story. He told us he saw Jesus Christ twice and it was actually kinda cool. Still not quite sure what to think. But it was pretty crazy.

Love you lots!

Love,

Elder Bigelow